Word: faiths
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Christian of Christ's life-time was a very human person, not remarkable for idealism or mysticism, but possessing, like Christ's disciples, all of man's natural weaknesses. What Christ made of them we all know, and in the same way can our lives be transformed through faith...
...lives of men, with especial relation to the professions of doctors and lawyers. Christ teaches that the effective use of learning is not simply intellectual, but that like our life the important thing is not what we have but what we do with what we have. Christian faith is not only valuable for the soul of man but also for his body, and has succeeded in eliminating many diseases through the use of medicine and in other ways. Cures and remedies have been found for almost all the common diseases, and new ways of preventing their causes have been discovered...
...high pressure of life, the pressure of life, the great percentage of physical sickness is due to nervous troubles which have their source in the mind. It is in these mental disorders, that the doctor has opportunity to exert his Christianizing influence. Like St. Paul, he must uphold his faith in spite of criticism in order to contribute the best that is in his life...
...William Belden Noble lectures on "The Adventure of Life" in Sanders Theatre last evening. Dr. Grenfell prefaced his lecture with a few words on the sturdy Christian character of William Belden Noble. The key note of his lecture might be said to be an appeal to accept Christianity on faith as a guide to the highest welfare of life. When still a young man Dr. Grenfell came to realize what for him were the three great adventures of life--"the mere living," the medical profession, and a Christian faith carried out in service...
...great things; this is especially clear in the medical profession where so much depends on skill and learning. At this same period it was brought home very forcibly to him that free will must be exercised in seeking knowledge, above all knowledge of religion, and that great faith lies at the bottom of religion. Those who oppose Christianity most vigorously today are those who have never had the faith to try it; a man who refuses to accept Christianity has done one of three things: he has never faced himself squarely, he has never investigated for himself...